Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta
Malta: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
0.3%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
18th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2019
All-time low
0.3%
in 2020
Years of data
7
2019–2025
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta, 2019–2025
Source: World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.3% for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 3.2% over ten years.
That places Malta 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.3% | — |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 18 Estonia 0.3% compare
- 18 Luxembourg 0.3% compare
- 18 South Korea 0.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Malta
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,880 kg per hectare (2017)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2017)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.81 (2009)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.8% (2009)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2009)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Malta was 0.3% in 2025, according to World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Malta ranks 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Redistributive impact of fiscal policy, Gini index (%).